The trend has also carried over to Twitter, with late-’90s/early-’00s favorites Eve 6 going viral for a slew of self-deprecating tweets after frontman Max Collins revived the band’s account. Stefani’s “Bubble Pop Electric” is also growing in popularity, with almost 10,000 videos made to her 2004 collaboration with Johnny Vulture, better known as André 3000. In fact, up next might be Stefani’s “Cool” from 2004, which has already gained some appreciation from Haim in one of the group’s most recent posts. Other acts with 2000s hits have also joined the platform, like Gwen Stefani, Nickelback and Aqua of “Barbie Girl” fame, perhaps hoping to spark a resurgence.
In fact, the most popular song on TikTok right now per Tokboard, “Buss It” by Erica Banks, samples Nelly’s 2002 hit “Hot in Herre.” Other notable Oughties songs making waves on the app include a mashup of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” and “Love Shack” by the B-52s, a remix of D4L’s “Laffy Taffy,” Nelly’s “Dilemma” featuring Kelly Rowland and an honorable mention for Wale’s 2011 song, “Lotus Flower Bomb,” featuring Miguel. Hoobastank’s TikTok success further adds to a growing resurgence of Y2K era hits on the app, which are proving to be quite popular with the app’s Gen Z users. The song also scored a song of the year nomination at the 2005 Grammys, and made waves internationally, too, peaking within the top 10 in 10 other countries. Modern Rock chart (now known as Alternative). 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and held the top spot on the U.S. Robb is right: Hoobastank enjoyed plenty of mainstream success in the 2000s, particularly “The Reason,” which hit No. Like, none of us waste any time going, ‘Oh my gosh, the name’s so dumb.’ I realize that in one sense, it’s a silly-sounding name, but in another sense people don’t forget the name.” “And so we kept our name, and for better or worse, it is what it is. It is you guys.’ And they’re really good at convincing you to do things sometimes against your will,” Robb says. “He came backstage and basically said, ‘You guys cannot change the name. But, after their former A&R person saw them play, he convinced them to stick with the stank. Robb says when the band originally signed a recording contract in 2000, the members didn’t sign under a specific name. “Not that Hoobastank negates all those problems it kind of made everything worse.” We did spend a lot of time like ‘Let’s be this’ or ‘Let’s be that,’ and everything was either taken or we overanalyzed it,” Robb says. “The real story is that it’s a nonsensical word that a friend of ours in high school made up, literally on the spot. So why did the band coin itself Hoobastank? I thought it would be a perfect choice to clown on the name a little bit.” The music, yes, but almost every other aspect, no. We as a band have never taken ourselves super seriously. “Immediately when I heard about, the first idea that came to my head was the name,” Robb says. #fyp #thereason #bandnames #badbandnames #radbandnames #hoobastank #chumbawamba #jamiroquai
The video shows Robb looking at Hoobastank’s RIAA plaques as the song plays, with the caption: “Realizing 20 years later that you named your band Hoobastank.” The band’s first foray on TikTok and self-aware spin on “The Reason” trend was welcomed with open arms, earning them over 2 million views so far, and almost half a million likes. 28, Hoobastank - which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut album this year - launched its own TikTok account with the members’ take on the trend, poking fun at their name. “It started just like, ‘Hey, you know, there’s this thing they’re doing on TikTok using ‘The Reason,’ and it was building and building to a point where it was like, ‘Yo, you’ve got like 300,000,000 people using your song for this thing maybe you guys should chime in.'”Īnd so they did. Hoobastank lead singer Doug Robb tells Variety that he was first made aware of the trend from guitar player Dan Estrin, as well as their management. The Reason – just found this out like a week ago….
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